Stars: Tony Todd, Donna D'Errico, Nick Corri, Alexia Robinson, Ernie Hudson, Lupe Ontiveros

Director: Turi Meyer

Summary: The Candyman was Daniel Robataille, a black slave, who just happened to fall in love with a white woman. A mob caught him, cut off his hand, drenched his body in honey and, as a result, this attracted bees which stung him to death. Caroline McKeever, a struggling artist, unaware that she is the Candyman's last living descendent, starts to experience visions and her dreams are filled with images of a hook-handed stranger begging her to help him in his quest for revenge...

Tony Todd returns (co-producing this time) as the supernatural killer, Candyman. In this installment, he haunts his own descendent, a Los Angeles gallery owner (BAYWATCH babe Donna D'Errico), framing her for murders in the hope that she will join him in his evil ways.

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Remember Candyman, Bernard Rose's fine 1993 urban-legend horror movie based on Clive Barker's screenplay? How about Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh, the inevitable but actually halfway decent second bite at the cherry? Well, in the time-honoured tradition of sequels having less to do with the original with every step down the filmic food chain, the third instalment in the saga of the hook-handed bogeyman had no input from Barker, contains no creepy Phillip Glass score and has no real connection to either of its predecessors in terms of plot. That is unless you count the goon of the title (Tony Todd), returning from whatever ethereal plane he usually resides in to put the wind up his--wait for it--great, great grandaughter, slack-jawed LA art gallery owner Caroline McKeever (Donna D'Errico, hitherto best known for her work on Baywatch).

Desperate to claim her soul so he can have a spot of companionship throughout the long days of eternity, Todd promptly sets about slicing and dicing various unfortunate Angelenos, making sure his last living relative gets the blame each and every time. Headed straight for the chair, can D'Errico save LA, and herself, from her heinous ancestor? And, more to the point, can she do so while walking and chewing gum at the same time? Dependent on huge amounts of viscera and its female lead's willingness to shed her clothes, this cheap knock-off still conjures the up the odd moment of unsettling gloom, while Todd is as reliably hammy as ever. All the same, you can't help hoping this is definitely, positively the last time round the block for the franchise: whatever you do, don't stand in front of any mirrors chanting "Candyman 4, Candyman 4, Candyman 4". The results will be horrific. --Danny Leigh

Aspect Ratio:	4:3
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailer, Scene Selection, Cast Notes, Production Notes, Photo Gallery
Year:	1999
Release Date:	February 24, 2003
Runtime:	90 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 093835
Keywords:	Day, Dead, General, Horror, Occult, Candyman, Sci, Fi
Genre:	Horror/Occult